Doing Good

President of the Yahoo Employee Foundation (YEF). YEF brings together the talents, time, and financial resources of Yahoo employees to serve communities around the globe. To date we have issued over 1200 grants amounting over $25M to worthy causes. As president, I lead the foundation's board of directors and advise our $10M fund.

Yahoo's Tech for Good social responsibility initiative (2013-2015). I led an effort to improve the security of a national suicide prevention hotline website. I also sponsored application development for social causes, representing Yahoo at the White House's Champions of Change event promoting Civic Hacking and Open Government.

Having Fun

In 2006 I produced a classical music concert including members of the Boston Pops at the Berklee School of Music.

Recognition

Over 80 Recommendations

Quora Top Writer

Nifty 50 Men in Technology

Webbiquity and Blue Focus Marketing 2012

Top 10 Industry Analysts on Twitter

Edelman Analyst Relations 2010

All Star Influential Voices in Enterprise 2.0

Seek Omega 2010

Summary

I connect Engineering strategy with open source compliance by applying a pragmatic understanding of people, policy, and politics. My attention to corporate dynamics enables me to steer initiatives to success. I am passionate about the way people collaborate to create value. I have spent years exploring the dynamics of sharing systems and communal behaviors. My background is in enterprise architecture, public speaking, and mentoring.

Work History

Mar 2010Present

Sr. Director of Open Source, Standards

Yahoo, Inc.

I am responsible for Yahoo's open source and standards policies and strategies. I also run engineering services focused on:

Engineering Collaboration. After bringing Jive to replace the corporate intranet, I'm responsible for supporting the engineering collaboration efforts on Jive.

Feb 2009Mar 2010

Industry Analyst and Web Strategist

Self employed

Provided strategic consulting and insight to clients looking to improve business results by using social computing techniques. Provided custom research about the enterprise 2.0 (social business) marketplace, workshops, executive briefings, and consulting services.

Mar 2008Feb 2009

Senior Analyst

Forrester Research

Published research for Information and Knowledge Management professionals on enterprise collaboration topics.

My reports earned a customer rating score 9.1 on scale of 10

Delivered lectures, briefings, and workshops at industry events in the US and UK for commercial and government clients

My research focused on emerging technology trends for leveraging collaboration technologies in business settings

Jan 2007Feb 2008

Technology Director

Fidelity Investments

Produced events supporting strategic initiatives and managed internal communities focused on these efforts.

Increased annual programs from 18 to 24, increasing employee participation from 5,800 to over 15,000

Focused on the implementation of social collaboration technologies within the enterprise

Published reports on virtual worlds, collaboration, technology readiness, and XBRL

Sep 1999Dec 2006

Director of Enterprise Architecture

Fidelity Investments

Managed technology architects in 10 business units to support of shared .NET shared code initiative.